I throw in my vote for the newpix on #36, which should make the number of votes on that: 2.

And I've, again a request to our pixel wizards - I'd like to see a multi-exposed cover-it-all picture:The more often a pixel was black* the darker it would be in THE frame.e.g. the shore/beach/whatever would be solid black, the sky white... and much greyscale in between (damn the panning!).

Of course, there would be some... blurr. But it would be interesting!

*For the sake of simplicity all darker than #606060 should be considered black. All other are not black. Yes.

Jafloi wrote:If you had to pick just one timeframe to symbolise the whole of the One True Comic, witch would it be? I need just that for a outside-originated project, but can not decide witch to use... preferably one before NP 124, for the simplicity. Can you help?

403. M with the mini trebuchet. Oh, you wanted before 124. So, 21, M shaking sand out of her hair. Although 78 is a close second.

Thanks for the vote(s)The NP 124-limit is not relevant anymore, se note B.

Added one vote for #403, and 0.5 vote for #21, just to make things a bit less like the outside world.C[edit:]And two for #36

For new readers:

Spoiler:

Jafloi wrote:If you had to pick just one timeframe to symbolise the whole of the One True Comic, witch would it be? I need just that for a outside-originated project, but can not decide witch to use... preferably one before NP 124, for the simplicity.B Can you help?

Spoiler:

histrion wrote:

NoMouse wrote:I vote for newpix #403 with the close-up of the minitrebuchet in Megan's hands. It was totally unexpected, totally different from any other newpixes and totally adorable.

Seems to me that would be sort of the opposite of representative. Nobody who looks at it - without knowing the greater context already - will get much sense of what the rest of the OTC is like.

i voted for 78 because of the original poster's desire to stay earlier than - what was it, 174? But I do like #385.

Votes so far:*****(please feel free to vote on any timeframe, before or after NP 124)B

*Because I am not Lord Randall the Almighty, the "first" frame referred to is the first at http://xkcd.aubronwood.com/time**Can someone provide me a link?******...And not to http://xkcd.com/time********Yes, I mean the absolute last one, the newpix without subsequent newpix(es).*****Should be remembered: Comic #915AShould be mentioned that many of these votes comes with the exception that no sole newframe can compare with the Time as an unity.BNot relevant anymore, I have started the project, and chosen no. 1*CThat means that I count double votes as two individual votes, if you think you should second your own vote, then I'll count it as two (or more, if I am in the mood for it).

Patriarch of the Western Paradox Church (ret'd)-All the stars are dust on my screen -- Marsh'nThe best computer game is a compiler. -- ExodiesI thought I was wrong, but it turned out I was mistaken. -- ucimYou have to grow older. You need not grow up. -- bmonk

P.S. I am Randall, but not that Randall.We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make it better than it was. Better … stronger … well, maybe not faster.Well, BlitzGirl is experiencing a bit of a title wave.

Well, maybe I was just being paradoxical! Didja ever think of that? Huh? No, seriously, I just screwed up. You missed my facepalm a page or so back. I knew that, really. See, I was going to make some joke about anti-diluvian and antediluvian, but then decided not to, but then..

BlitzGirl wrote:Alas, I came to this thread hundreds of newpix after the Beginning of Time. As penitence for my lateness and as a demonstration of my devotion I have set out on a quest to read every page of the One True Thread, like the noble Beidah long before me.

Quest progress: 77 out of 223 pages.The Populated Period of Expansion. NP 156.

I send forth this message now in the fervent hope that I shall encounter it again on my journey, tangled in the thread of Time.

All congratulations to BlitzGirl, for reading another 146 pages and reaching this point. Success on the remaining pages.

At last! I have spotted the initial signpost I left for myself, when I first began my travels. And an encouraging message from Foarm, for which I am grateful. There are still many newpages to go, looming ahead like strange structures on the sand. But now I have passed the first marker. Henceforth, I follow my own breadcrumbs forward into the future, though they were left by myself in the past. The thread of Time is a strange and wonderful place, my friends. I would say that Time has no meaning here, were not the exact opposite true.

Onward!

At last! I have spotted the signpost that spotted the initial signpost I left for myself when first I began my travels. Which means all signposts I hereafter encounter shall be 2 layers deep. Wish me luck, compatriots in Time!Among the mentions of chess-playing avians (are these the ones that later pilot produce?), an eerily relevant Far Side comic (the other Other Comic?), and the return of the miscarriedcancerbabies (of course), there were these kind responses to my signpost:

I know those paradoxes could be a problem, but what I really meant was that BlitzGirl will be at the location of my post in 5 days.

@BlitzGirl: Good luck with the aforementioned paradoxes. I hope you can beat them, so you shall be known as BlitzGirl Temporal Knight and beater of paradoxes.

EDIT (April 14th): Of course "Temporal Knight" should be "Knight Temporal", but back in time when I wrote this post my knowledge of your precise title wasn't known to me.

At least I don't have to add the paradox-beater title until I actually beat a paradox. Or do I?

elementropy wrote:<temporal edit>

Blitzgirl:[spoiler]I hope you are doing well in your quest; we are cheering you on with more and more excitement as you get closer to catching the fast train we're riding into the future! BEAUTIFUL job on the poem, too!

There's a TRAIN?! No wonder I'm so far behind the rest of you - I've been walking the whole time!

PhoenixRising wrote:

BlitzGirl wrote:<snip>

As one of those in the thread at the present Time, my past self welcomes you. May the rest of your journey be swift and filled with madness, and may Zeno not catch you.

Zeno will never catch me. He has some hangup about a paradox.

descor wrote:

higgs-boson wrote:Lord Cardinals,

I hereby beseech you to formally appreciate BlitzGirl, yet no fully initiated member of our society, but in following her Quest in holy solitude giving an example to all of us in both dedication and humbleness.

I ask you to grant BlitzGirl First Of The True Followers Of Time's time*.The appointment may take place in absentia and not to be refused by the recipient, which then shall be adressed as "Anointed One"**. There shall be no neither authority nor obligation tied to title and office; but word coming from the Anointed One shall always considered being of wisdom.

udscbt, as prefect of the Congregatio pro Doctrina Temporis I humbly ask you to review this request and ensure it being of pure intentions.

<higgs!>

*This shall be abbreviated as FOTTFOTT, however never used to address the dignitary in question.**Degenderation applied properly.

I was under the impression that BlitzGirl was already 'cardinal tempus viator' (or will be when she reaches page 260) and then pope/mome when she reaches 288?

That said, she is an inspiration and you can never have too many titles so:

I, descor, do formally nominate BlitzGirl for the post of First Of The True Followers Of Time's time subject to approval from the Congregatio pro Doctrina Temporis and pending ratification from another Cardinal or Pope Helper, should he return.

I haven't come across the ratification for this title yet, so I can't add it. But thank you for the nomination, I think? *looks worriedly at title-list-length*

Oh, and I found the moment when cmyk went astray and lost the Whistle of Temporal Harmony:

Spoiler:

cmyk wrote:

PhoenixRising wrote:Whistle != Triforce.

To hell with it, it's plastic and smells funny anyway. I'll probably just pawn it off to my past self.

ETA: Done.

cmyk wrote:Knights Temporal, UNITE!

I said... UNITE!

...I might need my whistle back.

Don't worry, it's still in my pocket. How is it that a Whistle of Temporal Harmony causes so much temporal discord?

Further sigcouragment:

Spoiler:

airdrik wrote:Congratulations BlitzGirl, she who wades through the waiting. May the newpages ahead be filled with wonders worth waiting for.

HAL9000 wrote:Blitzgirl:The Knights Temporal eagerly await your arrival, O traveler of Things that are on my side for 600, Alex![/b]

treadman wrote:Once upon a Time, BlitzGirl will arrive, and then we shall all wait for it happily ever after!

My thanks to you, you who dwell in Time's present!

Caswallon wrote:Even More Spoilers for Blitzgirl!Dike, Dyke, Damn, Dam. It will make sense, I swear.

If you say so.

Shepherdess wrote:Dear Blitzgirl,

I don't know if you got my previous message and I just missed your reply, but I got tired of reading the same message so I decided it was time for a new one.

Your Eternal Servant And Companion Through Time,Dame Not-BobTemporal Defender Of The One True Comic

I believe I got it, but I have done so much quoting of quoting of quoting of pastposts that I don't remember for sure. It would be embedded in one of my signposts if I had; I have been noting every message I see. But I have had so many signposts! I need a wiki of myself just to keep up with my past self quoting people in signposts that will be read someday by my future self!

azule wrote:Transient ArrhythmiaBlitzGirl's on a journey that'll never endShe treads on and on, my friendsTime started pulling her to trudge right thru the pastThe babbling elongates it more forever now that…

BlitzGirl's Accompaniment: I'm on a Quest that never ends!Yes, I Quest on and on, my friends.Set out to read the thread of Time not knowing what it was,And I'll continue reading it forever just because...

Finally, another lost gem from page 298! *feeds through Time vortex*

Publius10 wrote:The fuck is going on in this thread?

Poor Outsiders. They see, but they do not seminatedcoffeebaconcancerbabies sea.

And away I go into the future!

Knight Temporal of the One True ComicBlitzGirl the Pink, Mopey Molpy Mome

-In 667 & 669 I think maybe the bucket is wiggling because M&C are hurrying -- the went and looked at the erosion (slide 664) and became concerned (slide 666 -- ooooooh!), and then got in a big hurry.

-Can we all just pause and consider the following: Randall has created almost 700 images for The One True Comic. That is OVER HALF the number of comics he has ever posted. This is a Big Deal!

-Just to say something I don't recall anyone saying before ... I do sometimes feel uncomfortable with the cancer references... I worry it might hit Randall a little close to home (i.e. not funny), even tho he doesn't read the fora. Just ... in principle.

-----------------Lastly: Ok, ok, I'm behind on the hats! I don't even remember who needs hats anymore.

now it's coma for me

We've all had cancer, both ourselves and our loved ones. It's as funny as everything else in this world.

buffygirl wrote:-Just to say something I don't recall anyone saying before ... I do sometimes feel uncomfortable with the cancer references... I worry it might hit Randall a little close to home (i.e. not funny), even tho he doesn't read the fora. Just ... in principle.

I've had the same thought from time to time, and I've often wondered no one else has mentioned it. At this point in the forum, though, the word cancer, especially bundled with semencoffeebaconicebabies,loses some of its power. For what it's worth, I'm a cancer survivor, diagnosed with breast cancer a few months before--Megan? Is that her name? Going through it sort of "with" them is one of the things that bonded me to xkcd.

I don't propose that I in any way speak for all cancer survivors, but I do think we all have a need to find humor in these things. (I went to a costume party as Uncle Fester while I was going through chemo.)

And I know that it's come up earlier in the forum, but are we absolutely positive Randall hasn't read this thread? Even if he doesn't normally visit the fora, this isn't a normal comic, or a normal thread. If I was writing this month-long comic (and totally f-ing with my readers' expectations ), I'd want to at least peek in to see what my readers thought of it. But maybe some of you know him and know for a fact he hasn't visited.

higgs-boson wrote:<snip> And I've, again a request to our pixel wizards - I'd like to see a multi-exposed cover-it-all picture:The more often a pixel was black* the darker it would be in THE frame.e.g. the shore/beach/whatever would be solid black, the sky white... and much greyscale in between (damn the panning!).

My God, my heart just stopped when the fora server went down for the last half an hour...thank randall that its back. The only Reassurance I had during this dark time was that Time did in fact not stop.

I think my life is now officially connected to this thread.

- former Expecto Space Bishop Temporas of the Church of Eastern unorthodox Timewaiters

silent_death wrote:My God, my heart just stopped when the fora server went down for the last half an hour...thank randall that its back. The only Reassurance I had during this dark time was that Time did in fact not stop.

I think my life is now officially connected to this thread.

Yeh, that was weird. I thought we broke the forum for a sec. I noticed it was down just as soon as I finished those frame blends and finally came back online about 10 mins after.

Here's the motion blurred animated gif (frames 0-700)

"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit." —Doc Brown

silent_death wrote:My God, my heart just stopped when the fora server went down for the last half an hour...thank randall that its back. The only Reassurance I had during this dark time was that Time did in fact not stop.

I think my life is now officially connected to this thread.

Yeh, that was weird. I thought we broke the forum for a sec. I noticed it was down just as soon as I finished those frame blends and finally came back online about 10 mins after.

Here's the motion blurred animated gif (frames 0-700)

Nice Job! Looks very amazing...Weeks of waiting in an instant...also weird. I think it is still nice to think that future Generations will look at this comic in a gif form, probably not unlike yours, and will have absolutly no fucking clue how there can be a meaningful 300+ Page discussion about two people building a sandcastle.

- former Expecto Space Bishop Temporas of the Church of Eastern unorthodox Timewaiters

higgs-boson wrote:<snip> And I've, again a request to our pixel wizards - I'd like to see a multi-exposed cover-it-all picture:The more often a pixel was black* the darker it would be in THE frame.e.g. the shore/beach/whatever would be solid black, the sky white... and much greyscale in between (damn the panning!).

silent_death wrote:My God, my heart just stopped when the fora server went down for the last half an hour...thank randall that its back. The only Reassurance I had during this dark time was that Time did in fact not stop.

I think my life is now officially connected to this thread.

Yeh, that was weird. I thought we broke the forum for a sec. I noticed it was down just as soon as I finished those frame blends and finally came back online about 10 mins after.

Amazing, too. However, this one I'd like to see with even more blurr. I don't think that it'd be wise to apply as much blurring as needed to read the longer dialogues on the fly (and they would overlap, later), but even that I'd like to see very much.

Jafloi wrote:If you had to pick just one timeframe to symbolise the whole of the One True Comic, witch would it be? I need just that for a outside-originated project, but can not decide witch to use... preferably one before NP 124, for the simplicity. Can you help?

...Then some of the answer can be viewed below:

Spoiler:

If not, then I suppose you should just continue with your life in some way or another..

[Edit:](Hopefully) fixing pic...[Edit2:]Giving up pic, changing to link...[Edit3:]Trying one more time....

Jafloi wrote:If anybody is curious what was the original reason I posted this:

Jafloi wrote:If you had to pick just one timeframe to symbolise the whole of the One True Comic, witch would it be? I need just that for a outside-originated project, but can not decide witch to use... preferably one before NP 124, for the simplicity. Can you help?

...Then some of the answer can be viewed below:If not, then I suppose you should just continue with your life in some way or another..

That Dropbox image won't display for me and had to go to the image location manually to see it sorry.

Looks really cool!! Is it a picture of real wood or a gimp/photoshop creation?

Need to make that for the front cover of the Book Of Time we send to Randall

Edit. Hint you can upload it as an attachment to the forum then you don't need a hosting website like dropbox

Jafloi wrote:If anybody is curious what was the original reason I posted this:

Jafloi wrote:If you had to pick just one timeframe to symbolise the whole of the One True Comic, witch would it be? I need just that for a outside-originated project, but can not decide witch to use... preferably one before NP 124, for the simplicity. Can you help?

...Then some of the answer can be viewed below:If not, then I suppose you should just continue with your life in some way or another..

That Dropbox image won't display for me and had to go to the image location manually to see it sorry.

Looks really cool!! Is it a picture of real wood or a gimp/photoshop creation?

Need to make that for the front cover of the Book Of Time we send to Randall

It is actually fully analogue carved wood, only used photoshop to adjust the clarity etc. But the Dropbox image won't display to me either, any idea of how to fix it?

buffygirl wrote:Jafloi, [...] I do hereby annoint you as Cardinal Jafloi of the Chicken Salad Sandwich, mayo optional.

...and Lightscribe (woodworker of time)

BlitzGirl: "wait fast, but wait well" *And good luck with the rest of your journey!!*You made it! Welcome!

StormAngel wrote:Is anybody else finding the fora to be really slow right now?

I, for one, blame Their Holiness, the current Pope For A NewPage. Who is that now, anyway?. . . oh.

P.S. I am Randall, but not that Randall.We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make it better than it was. Better … stronger … well, maybe not faster.Well, BlitzGirl is experiencing a bit of a title wave.

higgs-boson wrote:Amazing, too. However, this one I'd like to see with even more blurr. I don't think that it'd be wise to apply as much blurring as needed to read the longer dialogues on the fly (and they would overlap, later), but even that I'd like to see very much.